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04/15/2013

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What are the two categories by which animals may be classified by how they obtain carbon?
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Autotrophs and Heterotrophs
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Autotrophs
Definition
Organisms that have inorganic carbon source.
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Organisms that have inorganic carbon source
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Autotrophs
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Heterotrophs
Definition
Organisms that have organic carbon source.
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What organisms make up the autotrophs?
Definition
Most plants, many protists and some prokaryotes.
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Most plants, many protists and some prokaryotes make up what?
Definition
Autotrophs
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What are the three types of heterotrophs?
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Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores
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Herbivores, Carnivores and Omnivores are...
Definition
the three types of heterotrophs
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What are the three types of Autotrophs?
Definition
Trick question -- there is not three types of autotrophs. There are three types of heterotrophs
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Herbivores
Definition
Consume plants and algae
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Consume plants and algae
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Herbivores
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Carnivores
Definition
Consume other animals
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Consume other animals
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Carnivores
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Omnivores
Definition
Consume plants, animals and algae
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Consume plants, animals and algae
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Omnivores
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What is nutrition required for?
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Chemical energy, biomolecule monomers and essential nutrients
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Chemical energy, biomolecule monomers and essential nutrients...
Definition
require nutrition
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Essential nutrients
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Nutrients required from diet because the organism cannot synthesize them
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Nutrients required from diet because the organism cannot synthesize them.
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Essential nutrients
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What is included in the essential nutrients?
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Amino acids, fatty acids and vitamins.
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Amino acids, fatty acids and vitamins...
Definition
are things included in the essential nutrients.
Term
What amino acids are essential nutrients?
Definition
20 are required, 8 are essential because they cannot be synthesized by human adults.
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What fatty acids can be synthesized?
Definition
Most can be synthesized, some cannot.
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Vitamins
Definition
Organic molecules, many of which function as coenzymes.
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Organic molecules, many of which function as coenzymes
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Vitamins
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What are the two types of vitamins?
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Water-soluble and fat-soluble.
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Water-soluble and fat-soluble are...
Definition
the two types of vitamins that are essential nutrients.
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What are the water-soluble vitamins that are essential nutrients?
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B-vitamins and vitamin C
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B-vitamins and vitamin C are...
Definition
the water-soluble vitamins that are essential nutrients.
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What are the fat-soluble vitamins that are essential nutrients?
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Vitamins A,D,E and K
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Vitamins A,D,E and K are...
Definition
the fat-soluble vitamins that are essential nutrients.
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__________________________ can accumulate to toxic levels within fat tissue.
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Fat-soluble vitamins can accumulate to toxic levels within fat tissue.
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Fat-soluble vitamins can...
Definition
accumulate to toxic levels within fat tissue.
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Minerals
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Inorganic nutrients
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Inorganic nutrients
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Minerals
Term
What is the mnemonic to remember the minerals for animals nutrition?
Definition
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Term
What are the minerals of animal nutrition?
Definition
S - Sulfur
C - Calcium
M - Magnesium
K - Potassium
P - Phosphorous
Fe - Iron
Na - Sodium
Cl - Chlorine
Term
Minerals that function as enzyme cofactors.
Definition
Mg
Term
Mg functions as
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an enzyme cofactor
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Minerals that aid in osmotic balance
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Na, K, Cl
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As a group, Na, K, Cl functions as
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minerals that aid in osmotic balance
Term
Minerals that aid in muscle functioning
Definition
Ca
Term
Ca aids in...
Definition
Muscle functioning and Bones and teeth
Term
Minerals that aid in nerve functioning
Definition
Na, K
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Na, K aid in...
Definition
nerve functioning and osmotic balance
Term
Minerals that are in bones and teeth.
Definition
Ca, P
Term
As a group, Ca and P are in what?
Definition
Bone and teeth
Term
Minerals that are in hemoglobin.
Definition
Fe
Term
Fe is in...
Definition
hemoglobin
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Sulfur is a mineral that is in...
Definition
Amino acids
Term
Amino acids contain the minerals...
Definition
Sulfur
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P, by itself aids in...
Definition
DNA and ATP and bones and teeth
Term
DNA and ATP are aided by the mineral(s)
Definition
Phosphorous
Term
Undernutrition is more commonly known as
Definition
hunger
Term
Hunger is more officially known as
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Undernutition
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Undernutrition
Definition
Lack sufficient food for basic energy needs
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Undernutrition is a lack of _________________. Malnutrition is a lack of _________________________. Overnutrition is from ____________________________.
Definition
Undernutrition is a lack of calories. Malnutrition is a lack of essential nutrients. Overnutrition is from an abundance of calories.
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Malnutrition
Definition
Diet lacking in essential nutrients
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Diet lacking in essential nutrients
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Malnutrition
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_______________________ is most common ___________________.
Definition
Protein deficiency is most common among humans.
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What can happen as a result of malnutrition and/or undernutrition?
Definition
Health, growth, developmental deficiencies or premature death.
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Who and how many die daily as a result of diet.
Definition
Around 16,000 children die daily.
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Health, growth, developmental deficiencies or premature death are the results of...
Definition
Malnutrition and/or undernutrition.
Term
Overnutrition
Definition
Consuming excess food leading to being overweight or obese.
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Consuming excess food leading to being overweight or obese.
Definition
Overnutrition
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What are the three states that result from poor diets?
Definition
Malnutrition, Undernutriiton and Overnutrition.
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What are the steps of eating?
Definition
Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, Elimination
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Ingestion, Disgestion, Absorption and Elimination are...
Definition
the steps of eating.
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Ingestion
Definition
Act of eating
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Act of eating
Definition
Ingestion
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Digestion
Definition
Break down of food into usable molecules through enzymatic hydrolysis.
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Break down of food into usable molecules through enzymatic hydrolysis.
Definition
Digestion
Term
Digestion usually happens to the point of ______________________ among ________________, not ______________________, because...
Definition
Digestion usually happens to the point of monomers among species, not polymers, because we ingest the polymers specific to other species, but we need the polymers specific to our species.
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Absorpotion
Definition
Uptake for cellular use.
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Uptake for cellular use.
Definition
Absorption
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Elimination
Definition
Undigested material passes out.
Term
Undigested material passes out.
Definition
Elimination
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What two things happens in absorption?
Definition
Uptake for cellular use, the making of polymers to provide energy.
Term
What are the ways of getting nutrition?
Definition
- Suspension and filter feeders
- Substrate feeders
- Fluid feeders
- Bulk feeders
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Suspension and filter feeders
Definition
Extract food from surrounding water.
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Extract food from surrounding water.
Definition
Suspension and filter feeders.
Term
Live in or on food source
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Substrate feeders
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Substrate feeders
Definition
Live in or on food source.
Term
Suspension and filter feeders, substrate feeder, fluid feeder and bulk feeder are...
Definition
ways of getting nutrition.
Term
Fluid feeders
Definition
Suck nutrient-rich fluids from host plant or animals.
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Suck nutrient-rich fluids from host plant or animals
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Fluid feeders.
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Bulk feeders
Definition
Ingest relatively large pieces of food.
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Ingest relatively large pieces of food.
Definition
Bulk feeders
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What kind of feeders are most animals?
Definition
Bulk feeders.
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Sponges have...
Definition
intracellular digestion
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intracellular digestion is used by...
Definition
sponges
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What are the four characteristics of how sponges feed?
Definition
- Suspension feeders
- Phagocytosis
- Digestion in ameobocyte cell after fusing with...
- Lysosomes with hydrolytic enzymes
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Phagocytosis
Definition
Food enters cell
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Food enters cell
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Phagocytosis
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Cnidarians and Platyhelmithes have...
Definition
extracellular digestion -- Gastrovascular cavity
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Extracellular digestion and Gastrovascular cavity is used by...
Definition
Cnidarians and Platyhelminthes
Term
What are the four characteristics of how cnidarians and platyhelminthes feed?
Definition
- One opening
- Incomplete digestive system
- Partial digestion in Gastrovascular cavity followed by phagocytosis.
Term
Most animals have...
Definition
Alimentary canal
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Alimentary canal is used by...
Definition
most animals
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What are the characteristics of the alimentary canal?
Definition
Complete digestive system -- one way passage.
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Complete digestive system -- one way passage are characteristics of...
Definition
Alimentary canal
Term
What is the path of digestion for organisms with an alimentary canal?
Definition
Mouth to Pharnyx to Esophagus, Crop or Gizzard to Intestine to Anus
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What happens to food in the crop?
Definition
Food is stored or softened
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Food is stored or softened in...
Definition
the crop.
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What happens to food in the stomach or gizzard?
Definition
Food is churned and grinded by the muscles of the organ.
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Food is churned and grinded by the muscles of
Definition
the stomach or gizzard
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The stomach and gizzard may be described as...
Definition
Muscular.
Term
What happens in the intestine?
Definition
Most chemical digestion and absorption.
Term
Most chemical digestion and absorption happens in...
Definition
the intestines.
Term
What is the function of the anus
Definition
Undigested food moves out through the anus.
Term
Undigested food moves out through the...
Definition
anus.
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How does food move through the alimentary canal?
Definition
Peristalsis
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Peristalsis does what?
Definition
Moves food through the alimentary canal.
Term
What are the components of peristalsis?
Definition
Smooth muscle contraction along digestive tract and sphincters
Term
Smooth muscle contraction along digestive tract and sphincters are components of...
Definition
peristalsis
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Sphincter
Definition
Muscular rings that regulate passage of food.
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Muscular rings that regulate passage of food.
Definition
Sphincter
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What happens in the stomach?
Definition
food mixes with acids and enzymes.
Term
Food mixes with acids and enzymes...
Definition
in the stomach.
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What happens in the small intestine?
Definition
Most of digestion and nutrient absorption.
Term
Most of digestion and nutrient absorption happens in...
Definition
the small intestine.
Term
What are the gland of the digestive system?
Definition
Salivary glands, pancreas, liver and gall bladder.
Term
What happen in the mouth?
Definition
Mechanical and initial chemical digestion.
Term
Mechanical and initial chemical digestion happens...
Definition
in the mouth.
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The mouth produces...
Definition
~1 L of saliva each day.
Term
What is contained in saliva?
Definition
Mucus, Buffers and Amylase
Term
Mucus, Buffers and Amylase are contained in...
Definition
Saliva
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Mucus
Definition
Water, salt, glycoprotein solution to protect mouth and lubricate food.
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Water, salt, glycoprotein solution to protect mouth and lubricate food.
Definition
Mucus.
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Buffers
Definition
Neutralize food acids.
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Neutralize food acids
Definition
Buffers
Term
Amylase
Definition
Begin to digest starch and glycogen
Term
Begin to digest starch and glycogen
Definition
Amylase
Term
Mastication
Definition
Chewing with teeth and tongue to increase surface area.
Term
Chewing with teeth and tongue to increase surface area.
Definition
Mastication
Term
Pharnyx
Definition
Throat region at junction of esophagus and trachea.
Term
Throat region at junction of esophagus and trachea.
Definition
Pharnyx.
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Ventral area is the
Definition
Stomach area
Term
Dorsal area is the
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back area.
Term
Back area is the
Definition
dorsal area
Term
Ventral area is the
Definition
stomach area
Term
Trachea is ________________, esophagus is _______________.
Definition
Trachea is ventral, esophagus is dorsal.
Term
What is the swallowing reflex?
Definition
Epiglottis covers opening to trachea.
Term
Epiglottis covers opening to trachea.
Definition
Swallowing reflex.
Term
Esophagus does what?
Definition
Peristalsis of smoooth muscle to move food to stomach.
Term
Peristalsis of smooth muscle to move food to stomach is the function of...
Definition
the esophagus
Term
The stomach can...
Definition
hold/sore about 2 L
Term
2 L can be held or stored by...
Definition
the stomach
Term
To break down food, the stomach has
Definition
gastric juices.
Term
Gastric juices are had by the ______________ to
Definition
stomach to help break down food.
Term
What are the gastric juices of the stomach?
Definition
Mucus, HCl and pepsinogen.
Term
Mucus, HCl and pepsinogen are...
Definition
the gastric juices of the stomach
Term
What does mucus do as a gastric juice?
Definition
Lubricates food and protects stomach lining.
Term
HCl
Definition
Hydrochloric acid
Term
Hydrochloric acid
Definition
HCl
Term
What does HCl as a gastric juice do?
Definition
Helps break apart intercellular glue and kills bacteria.
Term
Helping to break apart intercellular glue and kill backteria is the function of
Definition
HCl as a gastric juice.
Term
What is the pH of HCl?
Definition
~2
Term
~2 is the pH of...
Definition
HCl
Term
Pepsinogen
Definition
Inactive Pepsin
Term
When _____________________ is activate by __________________ it _________________________________________________________.
Definition
When Pepsinogen is activated by HCl, it begins protein digestion by breaking down polypeptides.
Term
Why does the stomach secrete pepsinogen instead of pepsin?
Definition
Helps to protect the lining of the stomach.
Term
At either end of the stomach, there are _______________________ to _________________________.
Definition
At either end of the stomach, there are sphincters to prevent juice from escaping either end of the stomach.
Term
Food is to the mouth what ____________ is to the _____________________________.
Definition
Food is to the mouth what Chyme is to the small intestine.
Term
Chyme
Definition
Partly digested material that enters from stomach.
Term
What are the three parts of the small intestine?
Definition
Duodenum, jejunum and ileum.
Term
Duodenum, jejunum and ileum are...
Definition
the three parts of the small intestine.
Term
The Duodenum does...
Definition
digestion
Term
The jejunum and ileum do...
Definition
absorption
Term
What is the size of the small intestine?
Definition
~6 meters long, 2.5 centimeters wide.
Term
What are the structures of the small intestine?
Definition
Lumen, villi and microvilli.
Term
Lumen
Definition
Cavity of the intestines.
Term
Villi and Microvilli
Definition
Finger-like projections in the small intestine.
Term
The small intestine has large ___________________ from...
Definition
The small intestine has large surface area from the villi and microvilli.
Term
The ___________________ gets fluids from _______________________________.
Definition
The small intestine gets fluids from the pancreas and liver.
Term
What is the fluid of the pancreas that goes to the small intestine?
Definition
Enzymes and Alkaline soltuion
Term
What is the fluid of the liver that goes to the small intestine?
Definition
Bile that is stored in the gall bladder.
Term
What does bile do?
Definition
Helps to emulsify fats.
Term
What helps to emulsify fats?
Definition
Bile.
Term
What happens to the digested molecules in the small intestine?
Definition
Most of them are absorbed into capillaries that lead to the hepatic portal vein.
Term
Where does the hepatic portal vein go?
Definition
to the liver.
Term
What happens to the lipids in the small intestine?
Definition
Many lipids go to the lymphatic system and then to the heart.
Term
What are the functions of the liver?
Definition
Synthesizes proteins, regulates blood sugar and inactivates toxins
Term
Extra ____________ is stored in the ________________ as ______________.
Definition
Extra blood sugar is stored in the liver as glycogen.
Term
Carbohydrate digestion _____________________, protein digestion __________________________ and lipid and nucleic acid digestion ______________________.
Definition
Carbohydrate digestion starts in the mouth, protein digestion starts in the stomach and lipid and nucleic acid digestion starts in the small intestine.
Term
What are the parts of the large intestine?
Definition
Colon, cecum and rectum.
Term
Colon, cecum and rectum are...
Definition
the parts of the large intestine.
Term
What is are the functions of the large intestine?
Definition
Water absorption and compacting the feces.
Term
What is the size of the large intestine?
Definition
~1.5 meters long and 5 cm in diameter.
Term
The diameter of the ____________________ is twice as large as the _____________________.
Definition
The diameter of the large intestine is about twice as large as the small intestine.
Term
Cecum
Definition
Pouch for fermentation that is mostly in herbivores.
Term
The ____________ is attached to the ___________.
Definition
The appendix is attached to the cecum.
Term
______________ of fluid enters the ________________________________ and around __________ of it is reclaimed mostly by _______________ and the rest by _____________.
Definition
~7 liters of fluid enters the lumen of the large intestine each day and 90% of it is reclaimed mostly by the small intestine and the rest by the large intestine.
Term
Some _______________ bacteria like _________________ produce _________________ which are _________________________
Definition
Some colon bacteria such as E. Coli produce vitamins that are absorbed in the large intestine.
Term
What is the function of the rectum?
Definition
Storage of feces until it is eliminated through the anus.
Term
Storage of feces until it is eliminated through the anus is the function of...
Definition
the rectum.
Term
What is true of the digestive tract of other vertebrates?
Definition
- Length of digestive tract is related to their diet
- Symbiotic bacteria and protists aid in cellulose digestion
- Microbes in colon and cecum
Term
The digestive system of other vertebrates can be sorted into...
Definition
Non-ruminants and non-ruminants
Term
What are examples of non-ruminants?
Definition
Horse, rabbits, some rodents
Term
What is the difference between ruminant and non-ruminants?
Definition
Ruminants only have four-chambered stomachs and non-ruminants have one.
Term
What are the characteristics of non-ruminants?
Definition
They lose nutrients in their feces and coprophagous.
Term
Losing nutrients in their feces and coprophagous are the characteristics of...
Definition
non-ruminants
Term
Coprophagous
Definition
Eating feces to further extract nutrients.
Term
What are examples of ruminants?
Definition
Cattle, sheep and deer.
Term
What is the advantage of the four-chambered stomachs of ruminants?
Definition
Increased cellulose digestion.
Term
What are the four chambers of ruminant stomachs?
Definition
- Rumen
- Reticulum
- Omasum
- Abomasum
Term
The function of the rumen and reticulum is
Definition
Microbial digestion
Term
Ruminating
Definition
Chewing cud to help soften forage
Term
Mastication is to the non-ruminant what _________________ is to the __________________.
Definition
Mastication is the non-ruminant what ruminating is to the Ruminant.
Term
What is the function of the omasum?
Definition
Water absorption.
Term
What is the function of the abomasum?
Definition
Enzymatic digestion
Term
Low blood sugar causes...
Definition
the production of glucagon from the pancreas and Ghrelin from the stomach.
Term
What does glucagon do?
Definition
Stiulates glycogen breakdown.
Term
What is the order of things from which glycogen is broken down?
Definition
Liver, muscle, lipid
Term
Lipids have _______________ of ________________ per ____________.
Definition
Lipids have twice as much energy of carbohydrates per gram.
Term
What does Ghrelin do?
Definition
Stimulates appetite.
Term
What does raised blood sugar do?
Definition
Causes the production of Insulin from the pancreas and Leptin from the fat tissue.
Term
What does insulin do?
Definition
Causes the storage of glucose as glycogen and additional carbs stored as fat.
Term
What does Leptin do?
Definition
Suppresses the appetite.
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